On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:30:05 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 20:00 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: >> >>>On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:37:56 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: >>>> >>>>>You have a fair chance of gaining some unexpected experience points >>>>>by logging into X as root, unless you are unplugging all external >>>>>network devices first. Not allowing root access to X is pretty much >>>>>at the top of my "never, ever do this under any circumstances" list. >>>>>There are several ways in which you can get hurt, none of which I >>>>>wish to advertise in an open forum. >>>>> >>>> >>>>Security through obscurity? C'mon, now! >>>> >>>>Inquiring minds want to know! >>> >>>Very funny, kiddo :) >> >> >> I was genuinely curious ... but hey, whatever. I rarely even run X, let >> alone as root! >> >> >>> I don't want to get anyone's system fscked up, they're all pretty >>> much documented in security howtos, etc. >>> >>>Anyway, if one *doesn't* allow root login access to X, one can't >>>accidentally do dumb stuff like execute IRC clients, etc. >> >> >> IIRC, either xchat or bitchx ... probably bitchx ... won't even let you >> run as root. >> > > and GDM won't let you login as root... > > Hugo. >
Not so. The *default config* won't allow root logins. Because it's an inadvisable thing to do. -- ....................paul "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture." Internet Archive Board Chairman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
